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Centrifugal Liquoring Apparatus.

No. 223,525. ,Patentedlam 13, 1880.

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EEANZIO. MArrHIEssEN, OE IEVINGTON, `NEW YORK, AND `EDWARD a. QUIMBY, OE OEANGE, NEW JEnsEY, AssiGNons rro r. o. MArrniEssENa wIEoHEns sUeAn REEINING.` COMPANY, OE JERSEY OrrY, NEW JERSEY.

CENTRIFUGAL `L IQUORING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION 'forming' part of LettersI Patent No. 223,525, dated `Jan-nary 13, 1880.

n Application filed June 11, 1879.

To all whom it may concern i,

Be it known that we, FRANZ O. MA'rTHrEssE`N,Vof Irvington, New York, and EDWARD E. QUIMBLO Orange, New Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in Centrifugal Liquoring Apparatus, of which the following y is a specification.

a i `in `establishing in the basket of a` centrifugal machine a central chamber provided with horizontal spouts projecting radially toward .the

i linner open faces of themolds, respectively,

and in connecting the liquoring-boxes with the spouts by telescopic joints, each liquoring-box being provided upon its inner verticalwall vwith a horizdntally-'proiecting tube, which loosely surrounds one of the spouts from` the `central chamber.

The outer open face ofthe liquorin'g-box conforms in size and shape with the inner open the molduvhen the machine is in operation.

Mechanism` may be' employed to force the -liquoring-hoxes radially outward against the molds, and to withdraw them when it is re- `quiredto remove the molds from the machine;

or the boxes may be left free to be driven radially outward by centrifugal force when the Y y machine is rotated, and to be pushed inward by handior by a spring when the machineis i stationary, whenit is required to remove the ,i sugar-molds.

i l centrifugal machine containing our improve- The accom anfin drawinds reiresentin a n, ments, areas follows: Figure l is a top view.

Fig. 2 isl a centralvertical section through the w line x m on Fig. l.

The drawings represent the basket Aof a 'centrifugal machine mounted upon thervusual spindle B, and containing the ordinary molds i C, equidistantly arrapged in the outer-portion contained.

of the basket, and separated from each other by stationary \f'ertical`w`alls or posts D. The 5o central portion ofthe basket is provided with the open chamber E, and the vertical rim of this chamber is provided with the radiallyprojecting spouts c. 4The number of spouts` it will be seen, equals the number ofsugarfmolds. n A liquoring-box, F, is provided for each sugar-mold, and each liquoring-box has upon the central portion of its rear vertical wall a short tube, f, in which one of the1 spouts e is loosely Thequadrangular open outer face 6o of the box is provided with the vusual gasket ff, which fits the inner edges of the top, bottom, and sides of the mold.` n t l v The rear end of the tube f is provided-with the outwardly-projecting handle F', by means `65 i ofnvhich the liqnoring'box may be pushed forwardwhen the machine is at rest. l The centrifugal force generated by the rol tation of the machine drives the boxes radially outward, thus compressing the gaskets, re- 7o spectively, against the sugar-molds to make tightjoints therewith.

When the machine has acquired the proper y rate of speed to eifect the packingof the joints between the boxes and the molds, the white i liquor is poured into t-he central chamber, and is driven therefrom bycentrifugal force through the spontsinto the liqnoring-loozzes,` and thence into the sugar `contained in the molds. y ,i

It will be seen that when the molds are re`` moved from the machine Athe' boxes may be moved radially outward until `their rear tubular projections are withdrawn from their re spective spouts, and the boxes may then be lifted from the basket. Theboxes may be replaced in the same way by `first dropping them into the empty cell from which the sugar-mold has been removed, and then pushingthem inward, so that theirv tubular projections em- 9o brace `their t respective spouts. n The lower n straight edge of the boX slides upon the floor ofthe basket. n a I y If desired, the lower end of the box maybe provided with friction-rollers F2, to enable it 9 5` `to movemore easily. i i l t It will be observed that the horizontal spouts act as guides for insuring the inovement'of the liquorine-boxes in radial paths.

Guides for radially-moving boxes are described in another Apending` application, and therefore do not broadlyr lforni a part of t 's invention; but such guides are applied to. tl e exterior ot' the boxes. In the present case the guides are the spouts, which, it will be seen, act upon the interior of the tubular projections from the rear vertical walls of t-he boxes.

:We do not herein claim, broadly, a series ot' liquoring-boxes loosely contained in the basket of a centrifugal machine, or lieXibly connected therewith, wherebyT centrifugal force acts Vto throw them outward against a like series of sugar-molds, or gravitv acts to tilt them con- Vcrgently inward away from the sugar-molds, as such boxes are the invention of F. O. Matthiessen,`and are made the subject of claim in his application for a patent tiled May 9, 1879, designated Case A.

We claim as our invention- 1. A series of sugar-molds concentrically arlower end with the friction-rollers F2, substani tially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The liquoring-boxcs F, telescopically connected with the central reservoir, and each provided with a handle, F', substantially as and for thc purpose set forth.

F. O. MATTHIESSEN. EDW. E. QUIMBY.

Witnesses M. L. ADAMS, EDWD. PAYsoN. 

